The general topographical layout hasnít really changed that much from your photo , the building on the right behind the guy with the bowler hat is now a carpet shop and the photo explains the now strange very thick wall at the left side of the building . I thought perhaps bomb damage from the blitz but now see itís part of whatís left of the arches , if you google street view youíll see what I mean

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The courageous deeds and sacrifices of the RUC and UDR must never be airbrushed from history .

That comment raised a bit of a smile with me, reminded me of a TV documentary interview in the 70ís, donít quote me but I think it may have been Jonathon Dimbley in his early days. The interviewer was talking to a group of youngsters outside Divis Flats and he asked the question, ďif you were fighting a group of kids from the Protestant area and you did not know everyone who was there, how would you know if you were hitting a Catholic or a Protestant?One cheeky little chap piped up and said, ď the Protestants are the ones with the sharp featuresĒ